Books of 2026

My goal this year is to reread one book each month, and to read one new book each month. I am hoping to read mostly fiction, since I almost always read nonfiction.

January

  • Paradise by Toni Morrison (Finished on January 3)
  • Moby Dick by Herman Melville (Finished on January 27)
  • No Bad Parts: Healing Trauma and Restoring Wholeness with the Internal Family Systems Model by Richard Schwartz (Finished January 3)
  • Christian Mediation: Experiencing the Presence of God by James Finley (Finished on January 19)
  • How the Wild Things Pray by William Cleary (Finished on January 28)

February

  • The Awakening by Kate Chopin (Finished on February 7)
  • James by Percival Everett (Finished on February 10)
  • The Happiness Trap: How to Stop Struggling and Start Living: A Guide to ACT by Russ Harris
  • The Finnish Way: Finding Courage, Wellness, and Happiness Through the Power of Sisu by Katja Pantzar (Finished on February 13)
  • The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair That Changed America by Erik Larsen (Finished on February 23)
  • How We Live Is How We Die by Pema Chodron (Finished on February 22)

March

  • The Road by Cormac McCarthy (Finished on February 12)
  • The Alchemist by Paulo Coehlo
  • The Hounding by Xenobe Purvis (Finished on February 19)
  • Wild Fire by Ann Cleeves (Finished on March 6)
  • Atlas of the Heart by Brene Brown
  • The World Becomes What We Teach: Educating a Generation of Solutionaries by Zoe Weil
  • Starting Spiritual Direction: A Guide to Getting Ready, Feeling Safe, and Getting the Most Out of Your Sessions by John R. Mabry (Finished on March 12)

April

  • All About Love by bell hooks (Finished on March 8)
  • Stone Yard Devotional by Charlotte Wood (Finished on March 4)

May

  • Sweet Tooth by Jeff Lemire
  • The Buffalo Hunter Hunter by Stephen Graham Jones

June

  • The MaddAddam Trilogy by Margaret Atwood
  • One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez

July

  • Rubyfruit Jungle by Rita Mae Brown
  • War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy

August

  • The Return of the Prodigal Son by Henri Nouwen
  • Heartwood by Amity Gaige

September

  • The Joy of Living by Yongey Mingyur
  • In Love With the World by Yongey Mingyur

October

  • The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne
  • Crush by Ada Calhoun

November

  • The Idiot by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
  • House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski

December

  • The Best Christmas Pageant Ever by Barbara Robinson
  • The Seven Story Mountain by Thomas Merton